The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support Engineer
Rank 84 87 87
Rank change year-on-year
+3 0
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 3 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.281% 0.103% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.288% 0.106% 0.103%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
Average salary £29,000 £24,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.36% -27.94%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +9.37%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1042 943 967
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 97.47% 97.42% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 934 857 905
Average salary £35,000 £34,077 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
3rd Line Support Engineer
Wales

3rd Line Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South Wales 3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer across the South Wales region.

South Wales 3rd Line Support Engineer Salary Trend

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Cardiff -6 3 £29,000 +18.36%
3rd Line Support Engineer
Wales

3rd Line Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region that cited 3rd Line Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with 3rd Line Support Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) SAN
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) MCSE
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) DHCP
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
4 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
4 2 (40.00%) Veritas
4 2 (40.00%) ISA Server
4 2 (40.00%) Symantec
4 2 (40.00%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (40.00%) CSS
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (40.00%) NAS
4 2 (40.00%) Lync

3rd Line Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region that cited 3rd Line Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with 3rd Line Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (40.00%) Lync
2 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (40.00%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) SAN
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) NAS
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCITP
3 1 (20.00%) MCSA
3 1 (20.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (40.00%) ISA Server
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
1 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (40.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (40.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Veritas
3 2 (40.00%) Symantec
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Dell